by David Payne | Aug 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
“From the first page, Payne’s evocative, often poetic prose will put you under its spell. His five novels, starting with the acclaimed “Confessions of a Taoist on Wall Street “ (1984), have earned Payne a reputation as one of the most gifted writers in America today....
by David Payne | Aug 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
“…a riveting meditation upon a family’s accursed history… what gives these biographical particulars their existential wallop is Payne’s raw, sustained intensity. Reading Payne can feel like a near-physical experience, of being swept along by sinister...
by David Payne | Aug 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
Two new personal histories, Lucas Mann’s Lord Fear and David Payne’sBarefoot to Avalon, struggle with questions of healing and recovery, refusing to make easy peace with the...
by David Payne | Aug 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
Why Group Therapy Worked By DAVID PAYNE AUGUST 11, 2015 3:30 AM August 11, 2015 3:30 am Comment Couch Couch is a series about psychotherapy. I first entered individual therapy in the late 1980s, in Manhattan. Once a week for six years I strolled happily northward up...
by David Payne | Aug 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
“An unflinching memoir about a violent childhood, mental illness, and scars that won’t heal…” — Patricia Ann...
by David Payne | Aug 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
“Payne has done something astonishing here.” — Betsy Burton, The King’s English Bookstore, Salt Lake City. Listen to her 2-minute radio review here.
